A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. Unique identifier: us20003n9c. Ids that are associated to the event: us20003n9c. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/09/15 / 2015-09-23 09:20:45 / September 23, 2015 @ 9:20 am. The temblor was picked up at 06:20:45 / 6:20 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -71.7112 West, latitude -30.6534 South, depth = 27.87 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 27.87 km (17 miles).
Epicenter of the event was 86 km (53 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Coquimbo, Monte Patria, Ovalle (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days one hundred and twenty-six, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 49 km W of Ovalle, Chile.
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